In the opinion of the Chief Justice of the U. S. the bituminous coal industry is in "distress," riddled with injurious practices, in a thoroughly "deplorable" state. Because the Chief Justice is right, James D. Francis, coal operator of Huntington, W. Va., acting under a plan launched by the National Coal Association year and a half ago to place all sales in the hands of regional agencies, set up Appalachian Coals, Inc. He quickly persuaded 137 independent operators controlling three-fourths of all production in the Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee fields and...
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